Service Architect Job Trends

Service Architect
UK

The median Service Architect salary in the UK is £62,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 701 690
Rank change year-on-year +79 -11 +322
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Architect 13 8 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.015% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.016% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 9
10th Percentile £60,300 £73,375 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,750 £76,875 £53,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £86,250 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.12% +54.02% -34.12%
75th Percentile £71,000 £90,000 £59,025
90th Percentile £85,400 - £71,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,000 £83,750 £56,000
% change year-on-year -25.97% +49.55% -25.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,612 51,163 49,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 93.12% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 32,999 26,912 38,093
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Service Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Service Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Service Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Service Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Service Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Service Architect job vacancies in the UK

Service Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Architect over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Service Architect in the UK

Service Architect
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +58 12 £62,000 -25.97% 2
England +59 8 £62,000 -28.12% 4
South East +26 5 £62,000 -25.97%
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
East of England - 3 - -
Work from Home +72 2 £95,000 +5.56% 2

Service Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, Service Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Service Architect in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) ITIL
1 7 (53.85%) Service Design
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) SIAM
3 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Service Management
4 4 (30.77%) AWS
4 4 (30.77%) Azure
4 4 (30.77%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (30.77%) Degree
4 4 (30.77%) DevOps
4 4 (30.77%) Fortinet
4 4 (30.77%) IT Strategy
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 4 (30.77%) Palo Alto
4 4 (30.77%) Presales
4 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Runbook
4 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) SFIA
4 4 (30.77%) TOGAF
4 4 (30.77%) Transition Management
5 2 (15.38%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (15.38%) Six Sigma
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (7.69%) Impact Assessments

Service Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
General
1 4 (30.77%) Police
2 1 (7.69%) Back Office
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) ITIL
1 7 (53.85%) Service Design
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) SIAM
3 5 (38.46%) Service Management
4 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (30.77%) DevOps
4 4 (30.77%) IT Strategy
4 4 (30.77%) Presales
4 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Runbook
4 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) SFIA
4 4 (30.77%) TOGAF
4 4 (30.77%) Transition Management
5 2 (15.38%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (15.38%) Six Sigma
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (7.69%) IT4IT
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (30.77%) Fortinet
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
1 4 (30.77%) Palo Alto